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Our friends at UltraPro and CGC have joined SGB to offer some terrific limited edition and unique signed items in support of a wonderful charity - Porridge and Pens.
Pieces signed by artists including Mark Tedin, Simon White, Dan Frazier and Ralph Horsley are expected to garner significant interest and raise a healthy sum toward Porridge and Pens latest initiative when they head to auction, Friday 25th July.
Porridge and Pens is a UK-registered charity (No. 1166497) working in Kumasi, Ghana, to break the cycle of poverty through holistic support—food, education, and family empowerment. Their work spans several flagship programmes:
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Brightlingsea Academy: A free, disability‑safe school serving around 350 children aged 6 months to 14 years. Students receive two nutritious meals daily, snacks, uniforms, medical care (cards, vaccinations, teacher check‑ups), and transport. In 2022 alone, over 1,750 snacks and 3,500 meals were served weekly
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Girl Power Project: Supports 80+ girls and young women (aged 5–30), many from dangerous or impoverished backgrounds. The programme offers safe shelter, education, holistic care, and mental-health support. Graduates now work in fields like nursing, engineering, and education
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Brighter Futures: Launched in late 2022, this initiative funds bright young men from low‑income backgrounds to attend university
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Start Up: Introduced in 2023, it provides small business loans, training, and support to parents and community members, enhancing long-term economic resilience
Together, these projects support over 400 children, 94% of whose fathers found employment since attending the Academy Porridge and Pens. In 2022, nearly 154,000 meals were served, new classrooms and an ICT suite were built, and community employment climbed from 30 % to 65 %.
Founder – Jemma Williams
Jemma founded the charity in 2016 after volunteering at age 18 in Ghana. Shocked by educational inequalities—only 3 % of Ghanaian girls reach higher education and 30 % of children in Kumasi lack basic schooling—she launched Porridge and Pens. Its first beneficiary was 14‑year‑old Mabel, who had been domestic labour; she went on to vocational training and now runs her own business
Under Jemma’s leadership, the charity has expanded from a single school to multiple programmes that feed, educate, and empower over 2,000 children, young adults and families .
Visit www.sgbaldwins.com to bid and support this exceptional charity and founder.
